Monday, March 17, 2008

Blockbuster or Netfilx

Saturday I canceled my online membership to Blockbuster. I had the deal where you can have any three movies out at a time and turn them in to the store for an automatic rental. I was kinda mad at them because they raised their rate on me without notice. I think that existing members should be able to keep their existing rates. I was pissed. So I decided to quit them. I talked myself into it.

1) I will save money2) There is plenty to watch on TV3) I own lots of movies that I love4) If I really want to watch a movie I can just go rent it5) I should read more

The second I confirmed my cancellation online, I almost started to have a panic attack. What am I going to do without my movies? Now that I've canceled, if I rejoin it'll cost me tons more money. This seriously bothered me for hours. Had I just made a HUGE mistake?

Ann Dee was able to calm me down and talk me into joining Netflix. I feel better. I signed up for the two movies at a time deal. I won't be able to turn them in at a store for a new movie right away but that is OK. It's cheaper and I will be able to slowly return to a healthy routine of movie watching.

BLOCKBUSTER!!!!!!! ALL THE WAY. Sorry, I love it!!! We always have good movies. I love that I can take them back to the store and exchange them anytime. Not to make you feel worse about your current situation. I do have teenagers and "SAM" that want to have all the newest movies all the time. Netflix..... hmmmmm I am not sure about it.

this is has been a big issue for me as of late. I've had netflix for a year now, and lately, sometimes new releases seem to be on wait for like a month. it's been driving me nuts. so i signed up for blockbusters 2 week trial and they emailed me yesterday(monday) to let me know that my first movies were shipped and are expected to arrive on thursday. this is a problem. It takes 1 day for me to receive a movie from netflix, and blockbuster takes 3? thats not ok. plus, blockbuster doesn't ship on saturdays. so i think i may stay with netflix. i dont know if this helped at all, but, there you go.

I couldn't resist commenting on this since Blockbuster is my client and I wrote all their internal training materials for their online movie rental program and why it is better than Netflix. It is. I'm sorry you had a bad experience, but I have to say, there is no other company that gives you the benefit of ordering online AND going to the store. If you get a bad movie with Netflix, you're stuck till you get it back in the mail again. I may be slightly biased, but I am a believer.... ;)